From Politics to Penguins, David Morehouse MC/MPA 1999 is Key Player

At the end of this month, the hierarchy of the Pittsburgh Penguins will validate the ascension of David Morehouse to CEO, the logical capstone to an incandescent streak of success rarely glimpsed even in this city's joyful but sometimes inelegant hockey history.

If Mario Lemieux is the face of what's matured into an internationally admired organization, if Ron Burkle is its financial muscle and Sidney Crosby its signature talent, then Mr. Morehouse is inescapably its most remarkable brain. ...

He has operated at the highest levels of government, making 17 trips around the globe on Air Force One. He has taken a master's degree from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.